Your savory breakfast links:

• The latest labor-related news, non-news and assorted whatnot:
  • Getting to yes? [Puck Daddy, PHT]
  • Or the point of no return. [CBS Sports]
  • Don't call it a tactic. [USA Today, PHT]
  • Wealth redistribution problem - it's all your fault! [Time]
  • "The Worst Commissioner in Professional Sports" [Bloomberg]
  • The NHL is livin' on the edge - the knife-edge of relevancy. [Globe and Mail]
  • The league will soon be reaping what it has sown. [Globe and Mail, ESPN (video), SI]
  • Burn baby burn. [Backhand Shelf]
  • The Fehr and Daly Show. [Kukla]
  • They've done away with the Winter Classic and the All-Star Game. Could Olympic hockey be next? [The Star]
  • Why ask why? [CSNW]
  • The only game in town - the waiting game. [CBC]
• Hockey is Nike's Ours - an awesome new ad that even followed Alex Ovechkin to Moscow. [RMNB, Backhand Shelf]
• The Caps' broadcast crew is taking it high school. [WaPo]
• Here are the official DoD writeups of Matt Hendricks' USO tour. [defense.gov (and again)]
• Wojtek Wolski was on the victorious Team Stamkos and bagged an assist at the Hockey Charity Challenge in Toronto. [Livestream]
• Assessing Sweden's chances at World Juniors. [SB Nation]
• The Hershey Bears had a strong game last night, with record-setting attendance, the induction of their inaugural class to the Hershey Hall of Fame, and a 35-save 4-0 shutout win for Leiztel's Jewelry Player of the Month for November Braden Holtby. [Patriot-News, Inside Hockey, SHoE]
• A talented team, the Bears are even handy at decorating your tree. [SHoE]
• Finally, happy 62nd birthday to Bill Clement, without whom this historically awful hockey card would never exist.
• (Also, don't forget to vote!)